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We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you

Dirt Rally 2.0, Codemasters has swerved to reshape its main off-road series into a sort of Driveclub on dirt; Dirt 5 is an accessible and rowdy racer that’s easy on the eye and fun to pick up and play, even if it’s ultimately a shade on the shallow side relative to what I’ve come to

The Last of Us‘ TV adaptation has officially been ordered to series at HBO. As such, the newly greenlit show is moving forward full steam ahead, with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin serving as executive producer and writer alongside TLoU co-creator, Neil Druckmann. HBO initially announced the project earlier this year in March. PlayStation Productions will co-produce

It’s time to raise the stakes higher than ever before. You’ve broken a convicted spy out of Bolingbroke Penitentiary. You’ve saved the world from an egomaniacal tech billionaire. And you’ve beaten the odds to drain a casino of its cash. This time, you’re taking on an entire island. Play Video Prepare to infiltrate the remote

Earlier this year, 343 Industries announced that they were delaying Halo Infinite, originally planned as an Xbox Series X launch game, to 2021. They’ve been pretty quiet on Infinite since then, presumably adjusting to what the delay means for the game and the team. Now they say they’re planning an end of year update and

Cyberpunk 2077 is the gift that keeps on giving with Keanu Reeves, a massive open-world playground, and more weapons than you could possibly keep track of. With the final hands-on preview for the upcoming CD Projekt RED game, we dive deep into what Keanu brings to the table, how does the music stack up to

By Stephany Nunneley, Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:14 GMT A new mini-event in Borderlands 3 has kicked off. From November 19 through December 3, Borderlands 3 players will get Legendary item rewards for completing select campaign missions during the free Golden Path Mini-Event. You will be able to acquire the Lyuda Legendary Vladof Sniper Rifle,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. So you want to stream some video games from the cloud? Apple hasn’t made that very easy on its devices thanks to some heavy-handed App Store policies, but the open internet is coming to the rescue. Both Nvidia and Google

Immortals Fenyx Rising is now just weeks away from launching on Nintendo Switch, but we’re still learning plenty of new, quirky facts about Ubisoft’s next action-adventure title. In an interview with Game Informer, game director Scott Phillips has revealed a cool little tidbit about Immortals Fenyx Rising’s early development. As it happens, a bug found

Nintendo had confirmed that Animal Crossing: New Horizons was getting its next major update on November 19th, so it was only a matter of time before the update would be released. Well, as promised, Nintendo has released the update, bringing Animal Crossing: New Horizons to version 1.6.0. This is the big Winter update. It adds

Spellbreak is the latest free-to-play multiplayer action-spellcasting title to hit Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, giving you the opportunity to unleash your inner battlemage. It’s available right now and as our review mentioned, you’re sure to get in on some high flying fun should you get involved. Whilst free-to-play is always nice, it’s with

It’s time for an Anniversary! We’re celebrating a year of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition with the biggest update we’ve ever shipped, including a NEW Battle Royale game mode, NEW features to help welcome our growing community, balance changes, bug fixes, and more! It’s time for a Battle Royale, Age of Empires style! With

The Yakuza games have always been about smacking people in the face with traffic cones, bicycles, and street signs, but the development team behind Yakuza: Like a Dragon has taken arguably the boldest swing in the series to date. A shift from the reflex-testing beat-’em-up action of previous games to a more structured, turn-based JRPG-style

Miles Morales is getting his own Funko POP! collection for the recently released Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. The line features three figures in total. One has the hero sporting his classic black and red suit. Another features him in the same get-up, but unmasked. And the final Funko depicts Miles in the white, black, and red

Hello everyone! I am Ryosuke Hara, lead producer of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. Thank you for your support of this game so far. We have new and exciting content coming soon, so I would like to take this opportunity to give an overview of the upcoming second DLC: A New Power Awakens – Part 2.

Speculation about upcoming Bethesda games will always be rampant, but the news that Microsoft is acquiring Bethesda has certainly dumped extra fuel on the fire. Many folks, myself included, are curious how Microsoft will manage the future of Bethesda’s big-name series. Xbox chief financial officer Tim Stuart says that they definitely want Bethesda games to

We’ve seen Iron Man, Wolverine, and more make their way into Fortnite thanks to the ongoing Nexus Wars event and it looks like the next Marvel character to be making his way downtown, symbiot-ing fast is Venom.  Marvel Games took to Twitter to tease a new themed skin coming to the popular battle royale game

The latest Call of Duty has an aim assist issue that is taking control away from players. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War appears to have an aim assist issue on console which hinders the player’s ability to stay on target, rather than, well, assist. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has had

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. We haven’t even gotten to talk about the results of features like AMD’s Smart Access Memory, and Team Red’s competitors are already lining up to pledge support for an equivalent feature. SAM is AMD’s first-ever method of taking advantage of

© Nintendo Life Sega may now be an ally to Nintendo, but at the turn of the millennium, it was still very much a rival, with its final games console – the Dreamcast – joining the N64 in a marketplace that was ultimately dominated by the Sony PlayStation. The Dreamcast might have been Sega’s last

The new Dragon Quest video game based on the Japanese manga The Adventure of Dai is heading westward as the news was discovered today via the Global Brand Database. Square Enix has previously said that the game, which is destined for video game consoles, will be arriving sometime next year in Japan. However, a western

Well, where do I start with this one? I guess that personally, Counter-Strike was my first foray into online gaming. Being able to play online with friends after school really is a fond memory of my early gaming years. It all started here. I’ve never been a huge PC gamer, mainly because I have never

We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you

Were it not for Bungie’s split with Activision last year, it feels like Destiny 2’s latest expansion, Beyond Light, might have just been called Destiny 3 instead. As the first installment in a trio of announced expansions, Beyond Light takes some bold steps in a new direction for the series – whether it’s the story’s

So the PlayStation 5 is out now, and while many of you have already received your preorders and are playing through the newest games at the highest resolutions and frame rates available on consoles, still many of you have delayed putting one in your cart and checking out. Hesitation is normal with new tech. After

Ready to make history? Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War marks the epic return to one of the most thrilling and unforgettable video game series of all time, out today for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The game features three modes: a pulse-pounding Multiplayer mode, an exciting new story in the cooperative Zombies mode,

Call of Duty Cold War features a huge range of rewards and cosmetics on offer, but one aspect getting keen COD veterans excited is the return of the Prestige system. It works slightly differently compared to previous iterations of the game though, so here’s what you need to know about Call of Duty Cold War’s

There is a new “sound beaming” device that allows users to listen to music without a single headphone in sight. While this may sound like the start of a sci-fi horror film about mind control (or a Doctor Who episode), the logistics of this creative device does sound intriguing. And a little mind-melty.  The latest

British broadband has been hit hard by a series of big game launches. Broadband providers in the UK are trying to keep up with bandwidth demands as new consoles and big, blockbuster games are released. The Xbox Series X and Series console launches, new Destiny 2 content and the upcoming Call of Duty are seemingly

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. As reviewers dig into the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X ahead of their respective launches, we’re seeing some console teardowns and software evaluations that touch on deeper aspects of both systems. There’s been a new discovery for each platform.